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15 Cards in this Set
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What's a hydrocarbon? |
The simplest organic molecule that contains only hydrogen and carbon |
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What's a halogen? |
When we have a halogen attached to a hydrocarbon chain |
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What's an alcohol? |
When we have an OH group attached to the hydrocarbon chain |
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What's an aldehyde? |
Double bonded oxygen attached to them END carbon on the hydrocarbon chain
(-anal) |
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What's an ether? |
An oxygen inside our hydrocarbon chain |
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What's a ketone? |
A double bonded oxygen attached to our interior carbon of hydrocarbon chain (not he end) |
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What's a carboxylic acid? |
A double bonded oxygen and OH group are both attached to the terminal carbon in our hydrocarbon chain |
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What's a carbohydrate? |
The primary energy source for humans |
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What's the generic formula, monomer and polymer for carbohydrates? |
Formula: CH2O Monomer: monosaccharides Polymer: polysaccharides |
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What's a protein? |
Primary structural component for all animals |
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What's the generic formula, monomer and polymer for proteins? |
Formula: H2N Monomer: amino acid Polymer: polypeptide |
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What are lipids/fats? |
Organic compounds that contain fatty acids |
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What's the generic formula, monomer and polymer for fats/lipids? |
Formula: CHO Monomer: fatty acids Polymer: triglyceride |
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What are nucleic acids? |
Organic substance present in living cells |
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What's the generic formula, monomer and polymer for nucleic acids? |
Formula: varies Monomer: nucleotide Polymer: DNA or RNA strand |
